Genshiken (TV)
Alternative title:
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
げんしけん (Japanese)
現視研 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres:
comedy,
slice of life
Themes:
otaku
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
This is the story of college freshman Kanji Sasahara and his fellow members of the college club he joins, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (aka Genshiken), as he goes shopping for doujinshi, attends conventions and slowly but surely makes his way down the road to fandom.
User Ratings:
2874 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2004-10-10 to 2004-12-26
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kujibiki Unbalance (くじびきアンバランス)" by UNDER17 (ep 1)
#2: "My Pace Daioh (マイペース大王)" by manzo (eps 2-12)
Ending Theme:
"Biidama (びいだま)" by Saori Atsumi
Official website:
Official Genshiken Homepage (Japanese)
げんしけん @ Kids Station (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 14
Reviews:
News: Show:
Media Factory makes request to stop fansubbing (Dec 9, 2004)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - Almost 200 (Jan 19, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1) |
Genshiken - Dojinshi or Bust (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $9.95) |
Genshiken - Dojinshi or Bust + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $44.88) |
Genshiken - Model Citizens (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $25.47) |
Genshiken - Cosplay Confessions (DVD 3) 2005-12-13 (from $18.98) |
Genshiken - Premium Collection (DVD 1-3) 2006-06-13 (from $34.00) |
Genshiken - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2007-02-13 (from $74.99) |
Genshiken - Complete Collection [Seasons 1-2 + OVA] (DVD 1-7) 2011-03-01 (from $17.00) |
Genshiken DX - TV Series One & OVA Collection (DVD 1-4) 2010-08-24 (from $23.99) |
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote Script: Kokeshi Hanamura (ep 3) Mamiko Ikeda (ep 4) Michiko Yokote (5 episodes eps 1, 7, 9, 11-12 )Miharu Hirami (ep 5) Natsuko Takahashi (ep 8) Reiko Yoshida (ep 2) Rika Nakase (ep 6) Yasuko Kobayashi (ep 10) Storyboard: Hideaki Uehara (eps 5, 10) Hidehito Ueda (ep 11) Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 3) Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 2, 4) Takashi Ikehata (ep 1) Takuya Satō (ep 8) Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 7) Tsutomu Mizushima (OP/ED and eps 9, 12) Yoriyasu Kogawa (ep 6) Episode Director: Hideaki Uehara (ep 5) Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 10) Hijiri Sanpei (ep 8) Kazuo Yamada (ep 1) Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 3) Takenori Mihara (eps 2, 6, 11) Tomoko Hiramuki (eps 4, 7) Tsutomu Mizushima (ep 9) Music: Masanori Takumi Original Manga: Shimoku Kio Character Design: Hirotaka Kinoshita Art Director: Shin Okui Chief Animation Director: Hirotaka Kinoshita Animation Director: Akira Koshiishi (eps 2, 6, 11) Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 5) Hirotaka Kinoshita (OP of eps 2-12) Junichirō Taniguchi (ED; eps 1, 9, 12) Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 8) Kiyotoshi Aoi (eps 4, 10) Takashi Shikishima (ep 3) Yūki Kinoshita (ep 8) Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Color design: Kayoko Nishi Editing: Jun Takuma Key Animation: Kan Ogawa (eps 4-5, 8) Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 3, 7) Michiko Noda (eps 3, 7) Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 4, 8) Theme Song Lyrics: Saori Atsumi (ED) Theme Song Performance: Halko Momoi (UNDER17 - OP1) manzo (OP2) Masaya Koike (UNDER17 - OP1) Saori Atsumi (ED) | Mitsuki Saiga as Satsuki Yukino as Takanori Ohyama as Ayako Kawasumi as Kaori Shimizu as Kenji Nomura as Nobuyuki Hiyama as Tomokazu Seki as Yūji Ueda as Akira Ishida as Daisuke Kirii as Eiji Yanagisawa as Hirofumi Nojima as Ikue Ōtani as Junichi Endō as Kentarō Itō as Kōji Ishii as Makoto Yasumura as Masako Joh as Masayuki Katō as Saeko Chiba as Susumu Chiba as Tarusuke Shingaki as Tsugumi Higasayama as | |||
Animation Check: Frontline (ep 6) Animation Production: Palm Studio Broadcaster: Kids Station Editing Assistance: Actas In-Between Animation: Anime Roman FAI Frontline Phoenix Animation R.I.C Sung San Production Tokyo Animation Center VENET Key Animation: Anime R (ep 1) Anime Roman (ep 5) Big Bang (eps 3, 7) Dōga Kōbō (ep 12) Nakamura Production (ep 10) Tokyo Animation Center (eps 5, 11) Wao World (ep 5) Music Production: Lantis Photography: Asahi Production | ||||
ADR Director: Bill Timoney Art Director: John Siers Translation: Duane Johnson Editing: Naneen Paglieri Editing Assistant: Rok Rodriguez Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux Script Adaptation: Bill Timoney Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto | Carol Jacobanis as Kenneth Robert Marlo as Michael Perreca as Bill Rogers as Billy Regan as Dana Halsted as Mandy Bonhomme as Meg Francis as Rich McNanna as Rome Elliot as Todd Garbeil as Zena Fries as Zoe Fries as Angora Deb as Chunky Mon as Jayce Reeves as Jessica Loseth as Lisa Ortiz as Michael Alston Baley as Randall Burton as Veronica Taylor as Yael Meller as Zoe Fries as | |||
Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard | Geneviève Doang as Thomas Guitard as Anouck Hautbois as Benoit Du Pac as Bruno Meyere as Damien Da Silva as Fanny Bloc as Gérard Surugue as Jessica Barrier as Mathieu Doang as Rémi Caillebot as | |||
(none) | Ariadna Giménez as Carles Lladó as Jordi Navarro as J. Ignacio Latorre as Jesús López as Pilar Mora as Sergio Mesa as Angel del Río as Juan Miguel Díez as Lidia Camino as | |||
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub) Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub) | ||||
ADR Director: Thomas Prausse Script: Thomas Prausse | Esra Vural as Sebastian Schulz as Timm Neu as Susanne Kaps as Anja Stadlober as Dennis Schmidt-Foß as Diana Borgwardt as Hannes Maurer as Hans Hohlbein as Jill Böttcher as Kalpna Joshi as Konrad Bösherz as Marie Schramm as Peggy Sander as Raul Richter as Susanne Herrmann as Sven Plate as Tilo Schmitz as | |||
Distributor: Kazé Germany (now) DVD Distribution: Anime-Virtual | ||||
(none) | Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A. | |||
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(none) | Distributor: Anime-Virtual | |||
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(none) | Distributor: Kaze Sweden | |||
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(none) | Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd. | |||
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